I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia

The study examined organ donation preferences and perceived descriptive social norms under presumed consent for organ donation, a public policy proposed to address low organ donation rates in Serbia. Conducted as an online between-subjects experiment with students in Serbia, the research included tw...

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Main Author: Aleksandar Ninkov
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/481626
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description The study examined organ donation preferences and perceived descriptive social norms under presumed consent for organ donation, a public policy proposed to address low organ donation rates in Serbia. Conducted as an online between-subjects experiment with students in Serbia, the research included two hypothetical organ donation conditions: opt-in (explicit consent) and optout (presumed consent). The opt-out default significantly increased willingness to donate but did not affect assumptions about others’ preferences under the same default. This finding suggests that perceived descriptive social norms may hinder the opt-out default’s effect on actual organ donation rates. Additionally, it implies that other potential mediating mechanisms, besides descriptive social norms, may be more significant drivers of the effect of opt-out defaults on donation intentions.
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spelling doaj-art-dfc20e90d55146aba982b89872c99a212025-06-30T16:55:29ZengFaculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Faculty of Political Science, University of ZagrebPolitičke Perspektive2217-561X2335-027X2025-01-01151127144https://doi.org/10.20901/pp.15.1.05I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in SerbiaAleksandar Ninkov0Belgrade Metropolitan University – FEFAThe study examined organ donation preferences and perceived descriptive social norms under presumed consent for organ donation, a public policy proposed to address low organ donation rates in Serbia. Conducted as an online between-subjects experiment with students in Serbia, the research included two hypothetical organ donation conditions: opt-in (explicit consent) and optout (presumed consent). The opt-out default significantly increased willingness to donate but did not affect assumptions about others’ preferences under the same default. This finding suggests that perceived descriptive social norms may hinder the opt-out default’s effect on actual organ donation rates. Additionally, it implies that other potential mediating mechanisms, besides descriptive social norms, may be more significant drivers of the effect of opt-out defaults on donation intentions.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/481626default effectopt-out defaultorgan donationpresumed consentsocial normsnudge
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I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia
Političke Perspektive
default effect
opt-out default
organ donation
presumed consent
social norms
nudge
title I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia
title_full I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia
title_fullStr I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia
title_full_unstemmed I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia
title_short I would donate, but others won’t follow: the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in Serbia
title_sort i would donate but others won t follow the impact of presumed consent for organ donation on preferences and perceived descriptive social norms in serbia
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opt-out default
organ donation
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social norms
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